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Show Unemployment drops for third month The unemployment rate in Summit County dropped to 10.1 percent in November according to Utah Job Service. That forecasted rate is down from.the JO.fc percent rate for October, and is the third straight monthly decrease. David Turner, manager of the Heber office of Job Service, thinks that may be signficant. "Usually, three straight months indicates a positive trend," he explained. ex-plained. He said it reflects the current turnabout in the Still, the Summit rate is far above both the state and the national unemployment rates, which also dropped in November. The state November forecast is for 6.4 percent, down from 6.8 percent in October. And the national rate for November is forecast at 8.4 percent, down from 8.8. Turner attributes the drop in the Summit rate in November, a month which usually sees an increase, to the good fall weather which stayed warm until mid-month. mid-month. "It allowed the construction business to continue, con-tinue, and now many of the projects are enclosed, so work can go on through the winter." He said Job Service Ser-vice hasn't seen the usual number of construction layoffs this year. He said the number of unemployment claims at this time of the year are down 53.2 percent from the same point in 1982. And at the same time job openings are up 191 percent, a sign of a good economy. He expects the trend to continue in December, as ski jobs eat up many of the unemployed. Last year the December rate dropped almost three percentage points from the November rate. With the good snow and the openings of the Deer Valley and ParkWest resorts this week, he said, unemployment should continue to drop. |